Call it patriotic money if you will, but online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has received ten times the investment on the Aussies in comparison to the Irish for the one-off test in Perth this weekend.

The Australians drifted to as much as $2.00 at one stage, but a stack of money has seen them come in to $1.50 favouritism against Ireland, who’ve drifted to $2.55.

“You just never know which team will turn up in these International Rules fixtures, but despite Ireland’s big warm-up win over a VFL squad, punters only want to back Australia,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Christian Jantzen.